Purvis
#4,903 most common boys' name of all time · #12,111 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1900–1996
Rank among boys
#4,903
Rank overall
#12,111 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
81 of 146
All-time
969
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #1,463
Best rank
#1,088 1905
Girls
Boys
peak 27/yr
Purvis first appears in 1900. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,210 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,892 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,354 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,257 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,010 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,408 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,560 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,040 |
| 1980 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,888 |
| 1978 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,248 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,953 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,694 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,389 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,712 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,603 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,044 |
| 1971 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,856 |
| 1970 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,434 |
| 1969 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,593 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,428 |
| 1967 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,818 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,847 |
| 1965 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1964 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,585 |
| 1963 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1962 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1961 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,358 |
| 1960 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,357 |
| 1959 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,227 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,656 |
| 1957 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,418 |
| 1956 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,412 |
| 1955 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,170 |
| 1954 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,251 |
| 1953 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1951 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,089 |
| 1950 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,858 |
| 1949 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,171 |
| 1948 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,734 |
| 1947 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,296 |
| 1946 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 1945 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,178 |
| 1944 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,130 |
| 1943 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1942 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1941 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,872 |
| 1940 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,777 |
| 1939 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,618 |
| 1938 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 1937 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,869 |
| 1936 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,773 |
| 1935 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 1934 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,984 |
| 1933 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,745 |
| 1932 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,247 |
| 1931 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,163 |
| 1930 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,360 |
| 1929 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1928 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,213 |
| 1927 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1926 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1925 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,814 |
| 1924 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,561 |
| 1923 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,786 |
| 1922 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,921 |
| 1921 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,463 |
| 1920 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,853 |
| 1919 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,315 |
| 1918 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1917 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,227 |
| 1916 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,677 |
| 1915 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,686 |
| 1914 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,729 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,948 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,654 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,882 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,546 |
| 1905 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,088 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,497 |